More From People Who Have Lived In Fear For Most of Their Life

He stole my innocence.
So I put him in prison.
He molested me for the better part of a year. My sister too.
I finally found the strength to tell my mom.
I'm so glad that she is as strong as she is.
She put him away.
Soon after we got a guard dog.
But everyday I look over my...

I am 34 years old. The first 32 years of my life I was squashed beneath my father's thumb. He beat me down, both physically and emotionally until I couldn't even think of rebelling. I knew that if I ever put a toe out of line I was up for a beating...if I was lucky.Far...

BECAUSE i WAS A VICTIM OF RAPE BY MORE THAN 1 MEMBER OF MY FAMILY, i WAS DESPISED AND HATED AND MADE TO FEEL LIKE SCUM FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED THAT WAS NOT OF MY DOIMG I WAS FORCED AND RAPED. mY MOTHER DID NOT CONTACT THE POLICE, INSTEAD SHE TOLD ALL MY RELATIVES WHO WENT...

I had a discussion with my boyfriend about Super Mario Galaxy. I always tend to be highly stressed when I'm playing and he wanted to know why. I told him that I was motivated by fear of losing, whereas he was motivated by winning. We have decided that if I want to play that he...